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There’s probably another planet in our solar system https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613060/theres-probably-another-planet-in-our-solar-system/
What is ‘superadobe’? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190228-what-is-superadobe
Shark DNA could help cure cancer and age-related illnesses in humans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47291697
The teenage millionaire hacker http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47407609
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Incredible Experiment Gives Infrared Vision to Mice—and Humans Could Be Next https://gizmodo.com/incredible-experiment-gives-infrared-vision-to-mice-and-1832940986
7 years ago, Google set out to find what makes the ‘perfect’ team — and what they found shocked other researchers https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/28/what-google-learned-in-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html
Using Landmine Detectors, Meteorite Hunt Turns Up 36 Space Rocks in Antarctica
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/same-tech-used-hunt-landmines-searching-antarctic-meteorites-180971593/#LjI2yoy1GDRsiUtM.99
These Twins Have Strange Semi-Identical DNA, in Only The Second Case Ever Discovered https://www.sciencealert.com/the-dna-of-these-twins-is-semi-identical-and-is-only-the-second-case-ever-discovered
Gene Editing Is Trickier Than Expected—but Fixes Are In Sight https://www.wired.com/story/precise-gene-editing-is-trickier-than-expected-but-fixes-are-in-sight/
This Viral Therapy Could Help Us Survive The Superbug Era https://www.wired.com/story/this-viral-therapy-could-help-us-survive-the-superbug-era/
The hipster effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613034/the-hipster-effect-why-anti-conformists-always-end-up-looking-the-same/
The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/climate/fish-climate-change.html
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Here’s an Alexa Idea I Actually Like https://gizmodo.com/heres-an-alexa-idea-i-actually-like-1832896525
The advent of cheap, renewable hydrogen is nigh https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/renewable-hydrogen-could-be-competitive-in-a-decade-researchers-say/
The Ring Doorbell could have been hacked to show fake images, security experts find https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/27/18243296/ring-doorbell-hacked-fake-images-security-experts
Scientists Have Beaten Elon Musk to a Fake News Solution, And It’s Gaining Traction https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-beaten-elon-musk-to-a-fake-news-solution-and-it-s-gaining-traction
This AI lets you deepfake your voice to speak like Barack Obama https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613033/this-ai-lets-you-deepfake-your-voice-to-speak-like-barack-obama/
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2019 https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2019/
The Ocean Is Running Out of Breath, Scientists Warn https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-ocean-is-running-out-of-breath-scientists-warn/
SEC Says Tesla Chief Elon Musk’s Tweets Violated Court Settlement https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/698008458/sec-says-tesla-chief-elon-musks-tweets-violated-court-settlement
Report: Facebook Moderators Are Routinely High and Joke About Suicide to Cope With Job [Updated] https://gizmodo.com/report-facebook-moderators-are-routinely-high-and-joke-1832870719
We Don’t Actually Know What’s Going to Happen to Clouds https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/could-climate-change-make-clouds-disappear-clouds-maybe.html
The loss of clouds could add another 8 °C to global warming https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613016/the-loss-of-clouds-could-add-another-8-c-to-global-warming/
Life probably can’t exist on quite as many planets as we once thought https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613003/life-probably-cant-exist-on-quite-as-many-planets-as-we-once-thought/
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Big Tech Isn’t The Problem With Homelessness. It’s All Of Us https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-isnt-the-problem-with-homelessness-its-all-of-us/
Microsoft Ceo Defends Army Contract For Augmented Reality https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-ceo-defends-army-contract-augmented-reality/
Microsoft staff: Do not use HoloLens for war https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47339774
The OxyContin catastrophe highlights a big failure in policy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-oxycontin-catastrophe-highlights-a-big-failure-in-policy/2019/02/25/b72dc184-391a-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html
Evidence for man-made global warming hits ‘gold standard’: scientists https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-temperatures-idUSKCN1QE1ZU
Trump Calls For America To Implement A Technology That Doesn’t Exist, Gets Brutally Mocked https://www.iflscience.com/technology/trump-calls-for-america-to-implement-a-technology-that-doesnt-exist-gets-brutally-mocked/
Inside the Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/nyregion/airbnb-nyc-law.html
